Month: January 2023

GTBank Guilty of Money Laundering, UK Slams £10m Fine On Bank

ADEOLA YUSUF

“UK is not Nigeria where they violate rules with impunity. The GTBank is also sanctioned for violating the strict know your customer rule in UK”   GTBank UK Ltd, a subsidiary of GTCO was fined over £10m for not adhering to the very strick know your customer, anti-money laundering rules. Platforms Africa reports that the total fine was £10m but FCA have them a 30% discount if they pay within 30 days. READ ALSO EXCLUSIVE: Customers Kick as GTBank’s Network Glitch Drags into Second Week Shell, AFC, GTBank, 6 Other…

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Gareth Bale Announces Retirement From Football Aged 33

ADEOLA YUSUF

Gareth Bale announced his retirement from club and international football at the age of 33 on Monday, bringing to an end one of the most decorated careers in British football history. Bale, who made a record 111 appearances for Wales, led his country from the international football wilderness to two European Championships — reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2016 — and a first World Cup since 1958. The Los Angeles FC forward, who previously played for Southampton, Tottenham and Real Madrid, made his final competitive appearance during Wales’ World Cup…

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FULL LIST: Five Worst Universities in Nigeria Unveiled

ADEOLA YUSUF

THEIR NAMES, THEIR GRADES: NUC releases identities of varsities with poor rankings, and the points they scored from analysis of twelve indicators, which made them the first five from behind   The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of worst universities in Nigeria in its latest rankings. Just as there are best universities in Nigeria, so are worst private and public universities and colleges. In light of this, that it is the worst university doesn’t necessarily mean they have the worst teaching methods or they have the worst…

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Nigeria Immigration Dismisses Four Personnel, Demotes 14

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed four personnel and demoted 14 others for various offences. A statement issued by the Spokesperson of the service, Tony Akuneme Tuesday in Abuja, said that those affected appeared before the Orderly Room Trial Committee of the Service. According to him, four other personnel were discharged and acquitted, while two were redeployed to other locations. READ ALSO: Police Hunt For Man Sharing Marijuana With Infant + Video, Photos Nigeria Appeals For Understanding As Works Resume On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway How Veteran Actor, Baba Feyikogbon, Battled…

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Police Hunt For Man Smoking Marijuana With Infant + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Police Force has said that it will arrest a yet-to-be identified man for sharing a substance, suspected to be marijuana, with an infant in a viral video. In the video posted on Twitter by a user, Ikeokwu Chidozie, the man is seen smoking what looks like a wrap of marijuana and then forcing it into the mouth of the baby girl he’s carrying. Outraged by the video, Nigerians took to Twitter to tag the Nigeria Police Force, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and other security agencies, calling for…

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Nigeria Appeals For Understanding As Works Resume On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Federal Government (FG) Tuesday appealed for further understanding and support of road users as works resumed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction/rehabilitation project. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Umar Bakare, made the appeal while monitoring resumption of works and laying of crash barriers along construction zones between OPIC and Berger, on the Lagos- bound lane. Recall that work was suspended on the axis days back in anticipation of the return of many holiday makers who would make use of the highway on their way back to their…

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How AMAA Founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, Died

ADEOLA YUSUF

““How can 2023 start like this?” Movie stars, allies recall Anyiam-Osigwe last moment at St. Nicholas Hospital   The Founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, is dead, Platforms Africa reports. There were fears over her health status over the weekend, with many calling for prayers for her. Available reports indicated that Anyiam-Osigwe eventually died on Monday at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos on Monday. READ ALSO: How Veteran Actor, Baba Feyikogbon, Battled Kidney Failure, Died DSS DG’s Wife Orders Governorship Candidate’s Arrest At Airport Robber Kills 200-Level UNIZIK…

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DSS DG’s Wife Orders Governorship Candidate’s Arrest At Airport

ADEOLA YUSUF

There are reports that Aisha Bichi, the wife of the Director General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, barred the Kano State governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Engr. Abba Yusuf, from boarding a flight at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. However, there are conflicting reports on the arrest of the governorship candidate on the orders of the DG’s wife. Reports had it that trouble started on Sunday when Bichi arrived at the airport only to discover that the access to the VIP Lounge…

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Why NUC Should Include SoJo, Reporting Religion In New Journalism Curriculum, By Jamiu Folarin

ADEOLA YUSUF

Few days after I advocated the inclusion of Solutions Journalism into journalism education at an event in Ibadan, the National Universities Commission (NUC) unveiled a new curriculum, Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) to replace Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) being used for universities since 2007. And a week after NUC unveiled the new CCMAS, I held a meeting with the international media literacy group comprising journalists and researchers from NGOs, fact-checking, research and tertiary institutions across the world. The meeting which is the offshoot of the International Fact–Checking…

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How Veteran Actor, Baba Feyikogbon, Battled Kidney Failure, Died

ADEOLA YUSUF

The veteran actor suffered kidney failure for years and sought help from the public in 2019.   Popular 1980s Nigerian actor Sunday Akinola, Baba Feyikogbon, is dead. The veteran actor died on Monday. He was 80. Sulaimon Aremu, a singer and poet popularly known as Ajobiewe, announced the death of the actor in an Instagram post. The elder statesman and thespian hit the limelight in the 1980s and 1990s with his popular weekly sitcom, the Feyikogbon series. READ ALSO: ‘I’m Going Through Pains’, Empress Njamah’s Fiancé Denies Releasing Nudes Sinikiwe…

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